Over 350 businesses, organisations, Government agencies and departments are on show at the National Exhibition Centre in Sophia where GuyExpo 2026 is being hosted.
The four-day event opened on Thursday evening with Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Susan Rodrigues, describing GuyExpo as the premiere event for local businesses to showcase their products and services.
She said the event is serving as a platform to also ensure small businesses can prosper.
“GuyExpo provides an important platform for bringing these opportunities together, it connects local and international businesses, create avenues for commercial engagement, introduces products and services to new markets and allow investors and entrepreneurs to explore partnerships,” Rodrigues noted.
Minister Rodrigues said this year’s GuyExpo has taken a different approach with spaces created to facilitate the development of meaningful business relationships.
“These priorities reinforce an important point, economic growth requires deliberate partnerships between government and the private sector, we must create the conditions for investors to pursue opportunities while ensuring that local businesses are equipped to participate, supply goods and services, meet standards and become part of expanding value chains,” Ms. Rodrigues noted.
In his address at the opening, President Irfaan Ali said international reports that continue to rate Guyana’s economic performance highly, are an indication of the country’s economic diversification plan moving ahead successfully.
The President said the country’s strong macro economic position is encouraging and promises brighter days ahead.
“We are not going halfway, we are going full blown, embracing the technology, embracing the system, because transparency, efficiency, effective governance, competitiveness and importantly, the cost of doing business are key indicators of the success of our country,” the President noted.
He said while businesses are now competing in the country’s economy, there is greater need for inter-connectivity between local and international businesses.
“The single most important investments for us in the long-term is interconnectivity not only of Guyana—yes, we ne need the roads and the ports and everything but we need the interconnectivity of our economy with the rest of economy in our geographic sphere is what is important for the future of our country.
He noted that the proposed deep water port will position Guyana at the centre of massive economic and structured development at a regional and international scale.
The GuyExpo event will continue until this Sunday evening.
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